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The Critic

But I never wanted to bea film critic

But I never wanted to be
a film critic

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But I never wanted to be a film critic.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:19:49
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
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documentary
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Movie Summary

Carlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has hounded him since he published his first article more than forty years ago, and he has remained in the eye of the hurricane ever since. Is ...
I always considered Carlos a writer. - The Critic 00:04
I always considered Carlos a writer.
He was a guy who had a lot of books inside him. - The Critic 00:04
He was a guy who had a lot of books inside him.
It was Fernando who gave me the idea - The Critic 00:06
It was Fernando who gave me the idea
Anybody who went out in Madrid at night, to the movies, - The Critic 00:16
Anybody who went out in Madrid at night, to the movies,
Which is what you do every day, roam around." - The Critic 00:11
Which is what you do every day, roam around."
When I started directing, I was a journalist - The Critic 00:12
When I started directing, I was a journalist
People talked about a guy writing - The Critic 00:07
People talked about a guy writing
Carlos Boyero is a film critic - The Critic 00:09
Carlos Boyero is a film critic
People responded to me and still respond to this day. - The Critic 00:07
People responded to me and still respond to this day.
I knew him as a critic at La guía del ocio, I read his critics. - The Critic 00:18
I knew him as a critic at La guía del ocio, I read his criti...
Carlos fit in comfortably into what was then called "taste critique". - The Critic 00:05
Carlos fit in comfortably into what was then called "ta...
That is, critics uninterested in pointing out - The Critic 00:09
That is, critics uninterested in pointing out
That's something more common in the critics that came after him. - The Critic 00:05
That's something more common in the critics that came a...
Let's say it's in the vein of something - The Critic 00:09
Let's say it's in the vein of something
The author is as big a star as what he's writing about, and the work - The Critic 00:07
The author is as big a star as what he's writing about,...
Maybe not a good critic, but he's a great writer. - The Critic 00:04
Maybe not a good critic, but he's a great writer.
Without wanting to convey a certain style, - The Critic 00:05
Without wanting to convey a certain style,
Because he plays around with very short sentences. - The Critic 00:04
Because he plays around with very short sentences.
That short phrase which is very pointed, very efficient. - The Critic 00:05
That short phrase which is very pointed, very efficient.
Many critics write and, - The Critic 00:06
Many critics write and,